Program Objectives

Main Objectives
Wage employment
Food security
Financial Inclusion
Self-employment
Market access
Social services
Diversification
Women's Empowerment
Environmental Management
Productivity
Social Inclusion
Resilience
Program Development Objective(description)

Transition Paraguay's social protection system from basic safety nets to a system that promotes economic opportunities through entrepreneurship, in which adults and caregivers are given the means to provide for themselves and their children, becoming more empowered and resilient. For this, Fundacion Capital supports the Government of Paraguay to incorporate a Graduation Approach into its main soci

Program Components

TRANSFERS
COACHING
BUSINESS CAPITAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES FACILITATION
WAGE EMPLOYMENT FACILITATION
MARKET LINKS
SKILLS TRAINING
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Average Program Duration for Program Beneficiaries
Under one year
Between one and three years
More than three years
Do Participants Access Components in a Specific Sequence?

Digitization

COMPONENTS DELIVERED DIGITALLY
TRANSFERS
COACHING
BUSINESS CAPITAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES FACILITATION
MARKET LINKS
SKILLS TRAINING

PARTICIPANT PROFILE

TARGETED POVERTY GROUPS

Poor

Extreme poor

PRIORITY VULNERABLE GROUPS

Women

ELIGIBILITYCRITERIA

Poverty status

PARTICIPANT IDENTIFICATION METHODS

Geographic targeting

Categorical targeting

Proxy Means Test

Government social registry

Basic Program Information

COUNTRY
Paraguay
REGION
Latin America & Caribbean
LEAD IMPLEMENTING AGENCY
Ministry of Social Development (MDS) and Ministry of Childhood and Adolescence (MINNA)
TYPE LEAD
IMPLEMENTING AGENCY
National/central government
START DATE
END DATE
PRIMARY ENTRY POINT
Social Safety Nets
P-CODE (WB PROGRAMS)
DNA
GLOBAL PRACTICE (WB PROGRAMS)
DNA

Country Information

Lending Category (WB Only)
IBRD
FCV Country (WB FY20 List)
No
TOTAL POPULATION (Million)

6.81

POVERTY HEADCOUNT (NPL)

26.40%

POVERTY HEADCOUNT ($1.90/DAYPPP2011)

1.47%

POVERTY HEADCOUNT (MPI)

4.44%

NO. ECONOMIC INCLUSION PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY

2

NO. BENEFICIARIES (DIRECT & INDIRECT) OF ECONOMIC INCLUSION PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY

53,948

PLANNED RESEARCH AND EVALUATION

EVALUATION/RESEARCH TYPES
Needs assessment
Process evaluation
Impact evaluation
IMPACT EVALUATION TOPICS
Overall impact
Impact on different population groups
Impact at scale
NAME RESEARCH PARTNERS
TBD
DATE WHEN RESULTS AVAILABLE
Data for the first cohorte will be available in 2022
LINK TO PUBLISHED WORK

Program Coverage

DIRECT BENEFICIARIES

2,847

DIRECT & INDIRE CT BEN EFICIARIES

8,000

PERCENTAGE FEMALE BENEFICIARIES

76-99%

Percentage of country population
0.12%
Percentage of country population under the poverty line
0.44%
Area/s
Rural Peri-urban
Geographic coverage
National coverage

Institutional Arrangements

Organizations Involved In Implementation Providing Financing
National/central government
Regional/district government
Local/municipal government
Nongovernmental organization
Community
Financial Service Provider
World Bank
Multilateral organization (not WB)
Bilateral organization
Private sector organization

Community Engagement

Components Delivered Through Community
  • Business capital
  • Skills Training
  • Coaching
  • Financial services facilitation
  • Market Links
Community Structures Leveraged for Program delivery
  • Informal community groups
  • Formal community groups
  • Formalized producer organizations
  • Local governance group
Does the program create/strengthen community structures/groups?

Contact Us

Colin Andrews, Program Manager
peidp@worldbank.org

DNA: Does Not Apply; FY: Fiscal Year; FCV: Fragility, Conflict, and Violence; MPI: Multidimensional Poverty Index; NPL: National Poverty Line; N/A: Not available; WB: World Bank